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the starting center fielder. Woodward Goody this week that they had made the admitted he really enjoyed having Santana team. That leaves at least three in the super sub role last year. However, spots up for grabs, and probably more with Woodward feels that putting Santana in one a 30-man roster to start the season. In position will enable him to concentrate on addition to Hearn, Palumbo and Allard, his offense. He has always been a free other bullpen candidates include Edinson swinger at the plate, but Woodward feels Volquez, , Luis Garcia, Ian that if he’ll become more selective (i.e, quit Gibaut, Juan Nicasio, Ariel Jurado, Alex swinging at pitches out of the strike zone), Speas, and Cody Allen. he thinks Santana will be an extremely The starting rotation was set when dangerous hitter. Woodward also com- began last February, and mented that he felt Santana is the second nothing has changed. No injuries or poor best power hitter on the team behind Joey performances to change the Rangers’ mind. Gallo. The five are Lance Lynn, last season’s Perhaps the biggest surprise on the ros- of the year for Texas, Mike Minor, ter is Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Woodward indi- who also was one of the top 10 in cated on at least two radio interviews and the American League last year, Corey to the media that IKF will likely be the Kluber, and . third baseman when the season begins, and This Saturday will be a big decision day that Todd Frazier, the free agent that was for the ball club. There are nine players on signed last winter to play third base, will the 60-man pool of Ranger players that be moving to first base. were signed to minor league contracts that Woodward has given high marks to IKF have the right to opt out of their contract for working during the winter both on and become a free agent if they are not swing mechanics and in getting stronger. added to the Rangers’ 40-man roster. They Lance Lynn, last season’s pitcher of the year for Texas, is the Opening Day starter “Isiah is making his case,” Woodward said are Cody Allen, Greg Bird, Tim this week. “He has the edge right now. Federowicz, Luis Garcia, Ian Gibaut, Calhoun had an MRI exam this week He’s been our best guy, honestly.” Derek Law, Edinson Volquez, Rob that revealed a grade one strain of a muscle At this point, the best guess is that the Refsnyder, and Blake Swihart. Federowicz in his right hip. It will likely cause him to opening day lineup will be as follows. and Swihart are catchers, Bird is a first start the season on the Injured List. Texas Lance Lynn P, Robinson Chirinos C (or baseman, Refsnyder is a utility infielder, can place him on the IL on July 20 making Mathis or Trevino), Todd Frazier 1B, and the other five are relief pitchers. him eligible to be activated July 30. If Rougned Odor 2B, Elvis Andrus SS, Isiah The deadline for the opt outs is this ready on July 30, he will have missed just Kiner-Falefa 3B, LF, Danny Saturday, July 18. If the players are not five games. Rushing him back into action Santana CF, RF, and Shin-Soo placed on the 40-man roster, they can still could exacerbate the injury to a problem Choo DH. choose not to exercise their opt out and BY DIC HUMPHREY that takes six weeks or more to recover. In The Rangers will likely be without elect to remain on the Rangers 60-man [email protected] a sixty-game season, six weeks is more three relievers they had counted on when pool of players. than half the games. There’s no need to the season starts. Joely Rodriguez was This season is different from any other ARLINGTON, Texas Ð The Major push the envelope no matter how Calhoun signed this winter to be an integral part of with just 60 games. This has led to a cou- League Baseball season starts next Friday protests. Nick Solak is the starter in left the bullpen. He is out with a strained lat ple of interesting paradoxes from the norm. for the Texas Rangers. The official start of field now with Calhoun out. muscle and won’t be ready when the sea- Usually, rosters are small during the season the MLB season is next Thursday with an Scott Heineman has made a strong bid son opens. and enlarge in September. This season it’s American League game in the Eastern time to be considered in the outfield. He’s got Left-hander is recovering just the opposite. Active rosters are 30 zone between New York and Washington good speed, and indications are speed will from the Coronavirus. He was placed on when the season begins and 26 in (6:08 PM CDT) followed by a National be at a premium with the fast surface in the the Injured List this week, and since he’s September. League game from the West coast between outfield at Globe Life Field. He’s also 14- on because of COVID-19, the move opens Usually, the Rangers have a good Los Angeles and San Francisco (9:08 PM 29 at the plate with six of the hits going for a spot on the 40-man roster. offense and questionable pitching. On CDT). It may seem like Summer Camp extra bases. Those two absences open the door for paper, this team looks just the opposite. just got started for the Texas Rangers, but Robinson Chirinos suffered an ankle lefty to make the club. Two The addition of Corey Kluber to the rota- with the opener less than a week away, it’s injury this week in last Monday’s intra- left-handed starters that are considered part tion with Mike Minor and Lance Lynn time to make decisions, so here’s a few squad game. He’s iffy for being ready of the Rangers’ depth in the rotation Ð Joe gives the team three potential aces, and all notes on what the Rangers will look like on opening day, and even if he is good to go, Palumbo and Colby Allard Ð will also gar- indications are the new Globe Life Field opening day. will likely not be 100%. ner consideration for the opening day will be pitcher friendly. The Rangers’ Health-wise, the focus has been largely With 30-man active rosters to start the bullpen. pitching looks to be the strongest part of on the Coronavirus. However at this point, season, the Rangers can carry three catch- The third reliever that will not start the the team. there are baseball injuries to talk about. ers and avoid a trip to the Injured List for season on the active roster is Rafael We’ll find out next weekend. For starters on the Rangers, there is Willie Chirinos. Mike Mathis and Montero, who finished last season as the NOTABLE: Calhoun. Calhoun is definitely having a will likely be the other two. Mathis can’t Rangers chief setup reliever. He arrived in ¥ Corey Kluber has a vesting option in tough luck year after breaking his jaw on a hit a lick, but he has proven to be extreme- camp late as he stayed home in the his contract for the 2021 season at $18 mil- thrown pitch shortly before the March edi- ly valuable working with pitchers and Dominican Republic to be with his wife lion. With the shortened season of 37% of tion of spring training came to an end. He Trevino alike. Trevino continues to play at giving birth. He simply needs more time a normal 162 game season, the innings would not have been available had the sea- a Major League level forcing his way onto to be ready to pitch. pitched requirement for Kluber has been son began as originally scheduled. Now, the roster. Mainstays in the bullpen are Jesse Chavez reduced to 59-1/3rd innings this season to he likely will not be on the opening day Ranger manager indi- and Jose Leclerc. Woodward informed vest the option. roster of July 24. cated this week that Danny Santana will be Jonathan Hernandez, Luke Farrell and Nick

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dictable. I remember at one point, I asked him to take it easy with the pitchfork because it hurt. He tells me, “Quit whining Berkrot!” That scene took about seven hours to shoot. Harold Ramis was just learning the basics about directing so they did a master shot of the two of us. They re- did the whole scene a number of times with once over his shoulder and one over my shoulder with him looking at me. I TOM WARD think the reason I was giggling that you see [email protected] in the movie and I found this out later in an acting class that made sense I wasn’t really This month marks the 40th anniversary good at anger. A couple of years later after of the film Caddyshack. It was July 25th, I did the movie I was taking some 1980 when the film was released to under- advanced technique acting classes and real- whelming and lackluster reviews by film ized that sometimes when I got nervous or critics. Nevertheless, the film gained cult angry I would giggle. So in a way I was status over the years scoring big with fans suppressing much stronger emotions. So I scene where I asked him what do you got corny. When that film comes out every worldwide because of its slapstick comedy, think that was what was happening as I in here rocks referring to his big golf bag Christmas time it isn’t too corny and it’s a unforgettable characters and endlessly was laughing because I was really nervous. which I’m carrying. He had a television, wonderful, beautiful film as was our film quotable dialogue. Fans embraced all the I wasn’t laughing because Bill was funny radio and a beer spicket in it. Rodney says, Caddyshack.” zany antics going on at the fictitious and I couldn’t keep a straight face. I had “When I was your age I would lug ice up Colomby mentioned to me that every set Bushwood Country Club with the caddies, enough experience as a young actor back five or six flights of stairs”. Now what that he has ever worked on is different, but the members and a gopher. then to not break eye contact. I justified to meant I have no idea. Then I dropped the Caddyshack set was the best by far. Nowadays, the screwball comedy is myself by not breaking eye contact as an golf bag and said, “So what?” Then Colomby added, considered a classic. It starred some of the actor by telling myself if I’m not careful Rodney says, “So What? So let’s dance!” “I came up with an interesting observa- biggest comedic actors of the day like he’s going to kill me. I do remember by the Then he turns on the music and the funny tion that there was no class separation Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Rodney end of the day shooting that scene I looked thing is we didn’t rehearse that scene. between the cast and crew especially at the Dangerfield and Ted Knight. However, two like I had hives. My entire neck and chest Rodney broke out in that dance and I put parties. I think because of that there was a of the caddies in the film that were able to were covered with spots where the pitch- my head in my hands to cover it leaning really bonding that happened as it became capture some of the magic as well was fork poked me. It was a heightened event into the golf bag because I thought I was us against the world. This cast and crew Scott Colomby and Peter Berkrot who as I’m having a scene with Bill Murray and going to fall on my ass laughing.” had become like an invading army that is played the D'Annunzio brothers. Peter I was totally aware of how cool it was TW: What were your thoughts when you welcome with open arms by its residences played Angie D’Annunzio the smart ass while at the same time trying to maintain saw the film for the first time? because we were such an interesting circus middle brother to his fellow actor Scott some sort of semblance of the character. SC: I didn’t agree with the critics because of clowns.” Colomby’s character Tony. TW: Scott, what was it like working with I thought it was pretty damn funny. I think Speaking with Scott I learned what a Before Caddyshack, Colomby worked Rodney Dangerfield and your relationship that our film was one of the better ensem- passionate and talented musician he is steadily as an actor who had carved out a with him off the set? ble films and I think the only film that was playing drums and singing. To learn more nice career for himself in episodic televi- SC: I became friends with Rodney imme- comically better was done by the same about him and some of his upcoming proj- sion series like One Day at a Time, a recur- diately. Rodney had his kids down in people and that’s Animal House. I remem- ects please visit www.scottcolomby.com. ring role on NBC’s daytime drama Days of Florida with us and because they knew of ber our producer Doug Kenney was hurt by Our Lives, as well as feature films and TV my work they would talk to me. His kids a scathing review by film critic Gene Shalit movies. had to go back to school after they were TW: Why do you think your film has For Berkrot, Caddyshack would be his there for a couple of days. The kids came endured for all these years? first feature film. He ended getting pushed up to me and told me that “pops likes you SC: Caddyshack initially got killed by the into the deep end almost immediately so can you do us a favor and look out for critics when it came out. However, when going face-to face or in this case face- to- him?” I thought it was because maybe he Tower videos and VHS tapes were avail- pitchfork with a comedy genius named Bill had a drug problem. Now I realize after able for people to rent in the 80’s that film Murray. participating in his biography that he had was saved by sports teams and rock musi- TW: Tell me about your infamous Dalai massive depression problems. I wasn’t cians that played it on their buses. I would Lama scene with Bill Murray? aware of it at the time. When Rodney liken it to another film called It’s a PB: I was told to be on the set after lunch would hang with other people he was Wonderful Life. Same thing happened to and I walk into the Shack and there is Bill always on telling jokes. With me he would that film when it came out it was widely These days Peter Berkrot is an award Murray holding this big rusty scythe. He come into my room and ask me what I was panned. It wasn’t till TV came along and winning audiobook narrator who two years starts swinging it near my face and I was doing today. I told him I’m going to town the film started playing during the holidays ago was chosen to do the Caddyshack so surprised I think it was pure panic or to do my laundry and he wants me to wait every year that it grew in popularity. I think audio book. Berkrot thought it was a cool else I would have never spoken up. In ret- for him as he goes and gets his laundry. He the two films have a parallel. When the opportunity and then replied with perfect rospect, I’m surprised I said anything, but I comes back with a pillow case of clothes. I general public found these films after they comedic timing the line that Bill Murray’s told him no way you’re going to stab me was thinking he could afford to have any- were initially released they have been seen character said to him those many years ago with that @#% thing. Then he says, “Ah, thing sent out, but instead he would rather over and over for decades now. The great in the film “So I got that going for me alright on second thought” and then he go to the laundry mat with me. He just director Frank Capra who did that movie …which is nice!” picks up this pitchfork and the rest is wanted to hang out and not have to be on. which came out in 1946 the reviews were history. During each take, Bill would try One thing about Rodney it was hard to horrible and a phrase was coined called Tom Ward can be contacted at www. tee- new things to keep it fresh and unpre- keep a straight face. In the film there is a ‘Capri-corn’. Meaning something it too timewithtom.com

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Texas, Hank’s father started him playing dramatically when he was hired by golf at a young age. Hank began his col- Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, lege career at Oklahoma State University Texas as its Head Golf Professional. Dow but transferred to SMU. He earned All Jr. has been the host of 33 PGA TOUR American honors three times, won the events and a Women’s U.S. Open. He has 1998 U.S. Amateur, and played on the U.S. won the Metro Chapter Championship Eisenhower Trophy Team in 1998. He has (1990) and the Club Pro Championship been inducted into the SMU Athletics Hall (1991); he’s played in four Joe Black Cup of Fame, was ranked Golf Digest’s #1 Matches and has qualified for the Byron World Amateur in 1999, and received Nelson Championship and Colonial numerous other Amateur titles and distinc- National Invitationals. Daily, Dow Jr. keeps tions. Kuehne’s best finish on the PGA busy with the 700 golf members at TOUR was a T-2 at both the 2003 Shell Colonial Country Club. Dow and his wife Houston Open and the 2005 John Deere Mary Lou have two children, Dow the third Classic. In 2003, Hank won the TOUR’S and Katy, and two grandchildren. Driving Distance title, unseating John Daly, The 2020 Hall Inductee in the Lifetime who had won eight consecutive titles. Hank Achievement Category, Verne Lundquist joins his sister Kelli, a former U.S. graduated from Austin High School and Women’s Amateur champion and brother Texas Lutheran University. Verne now Trip, runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 1994 serves on TLU’s Board of Regents and has U.S. Amateur in the Texas Golf Hall of also given much of his time to various Fame. Lingering back problems have pre- charities. After beginning his career in vented Hank from playing, but he remains Austin, Verne went to Dallas as a sports involved in the game from an instructional anchor. He was an immediate success and By Art Stricklin not only with this class but, also, the depth standpoint. it wasn’t long before he was courted for the astrick@flashnet of the list of nominees.” The first of two 2020 Hall Inductees in national stage. His career rocketed with Upon hearing of their induction into the the Golf Professional/Teacher category is ABC Sports, then CBS. From the NFL and San Antonio, Texas - The Texas Golf Hall, Angela Stanford responded, “Oh Mike Wright. At just 23 years old, Mike the Olympics to SEC Football and PGA Hall of Fame announced the 2020 Class of wow!” and “I am speechless right now!”. Wright was appointed as the Head Golf Golf, Verne’s achievements in broadcasting Inductees. The 2020 class will be honored Inductee Henry “Hank” Kuehne stated “I Professional at Shady Oaks, a Hall of Fame are legendary. Notably, it was Verne’s voice with a formal induction ceremony at The don’t know what to say, thank you very course. He had the unwavering support and that richly illustrated, beautifully and time- Houston Country Club on Tuesday, much, it’s a little bit shocking actually” and emphatic endorsement of Ben Hogan. Now ly, The Masters. The honors he has October 6th. Each of the Inductees of the added “I’m speechless. It’s amazing, I’m as the Shady Oaks Director of Golf, Mike amassed during his career are numerous. 2020 class has an illustrious history of grateful, thank you very much!” has served the club for 36 years. Eleven of The 2020 Hall Inductee in the Texas achievement that will be commemorated on The 2020 Hall Inductee in the Mike’s assistants have been promoted to Registry of Historic Golf Courses, Oak granite markers on the prestigious Texas Professional Player Category, Angela Head Professionals/General Manager posi- Hills Country Club is one of the oldest and Golf Walk of Fame at historic Stanford was born and raised in Fort tions. He co-founded the Ben Hogan most respected private member-owned Brackenridge Park Golf Course, along with Worth, Texas and has won numerous junior Foundation, which has awarded over country clubs in the country. Originally the evening’s festivities that are open to the Women’s Championships. Following grad- $835,000 in scholarships to deserving stu- founded in 1922 as the Alamo Country public. uation from Boswell High School in 1996, dents and children of soldiers and is now Club, Oak Hills was designed by premier Angela enrolled at TCU. She won nine col- 2020 Texas Hall of Fame Inductees breaking ground on a new learning center. architect A.W. Tillinghast Ð perhaps the legiate tournaments for the Horned Frogs, Mike has received the highest honors as a most known golf course designer of his was a four-time All American, and a four- ¥ Professional Player: Angela Stanford merchandiser, teacher, and player. As an time, with a course portfolio including time All Western Athletic selection. She ¥ Amateur Player: Hank Kuehne instructor, he has an enviable reputation Winged Foot, Baltusrol, and San Francisco was named Western Athletic Freshman of ¥ Lifetime Achievement: Verne from both the professional and amateur Golf Club. Tillinghast brought his vision of the Year and Player of the Year in 1997 and Lundquist rank. He counts Angela Stanford, Gerina beauty and challenging play to life on the 1999, respectively. Angela was also a ¥ Golf Professional / Teacher: Piller, Chad Campbell, and Mark Brooks course, now regularly enjoyed by PGA, member of the 2000 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. Mike Wright among his students. He has been a thought- collegiate, and amateur players. Oak Hills Angela turned professional in 2000, earn- ¥ Golf Professional / Teacher: ful, graceful representative of Ben Hogan’s has hosted 32 PGA TOUR events, includ- ing a victory on the Futures Tour at the Dow Finsterwald, Jr. legacy and his service to the PGA of ing the inaugural PGA TOUR season-ending event, and finished 4th at the ¥ Texas Registry of Historic Golf America at both the section and national Championship, the USGA Jr. Amateur LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn levels is admirable. Championship, TGA Tournaments, and “We are delighted with this year’s exempt status on the LPGA in 2001. The second of two 2020 Hall Inductees USGA Qualifiers. class!” said Texas Golf Hall of Fame Board Angela has 95 Top-10 finishes on the in the Golf Professional/Teacher category This will be the Texas Golf Hall of Chairman, Reid Meyers. “Ms. Stanford is LPGA, including six Championships and is Dow Finsterwald, Jr. Dow Finsterwald Fame’s eleventh class to be inducted since the first female selected into the Tour one Major (2018 Evian Championship). Jr. is the son of PGA Champion Dow the Hall’s reconstitution in 2009. Public Professional class in ten years. The Kuehne She has played in six Solheim Cups and Finsterwald Sr., who won 11 PGA Titles nominations made online were voted on by family now has the Triple Crown with ranks 11th on the LPGA Career Money and played on four Ryder Cup teams. Dow living Hall members, the Texas Golf Hall Hank joining his sister Kelli and brother List. Angela created the Angela Stanford Jr. grew up working for his father at the of Fame Board of Directors, and designat- Trip as an Inductee. To have “Oh, Wow! In Foundation in 2009 to give scholarships to Broadmoor Country Club caddying, work- ed Texas golf media members. The your life have you seen anything like that!” students who have been affected by cancer. ing the driving range, and helping guests. Induction Dinner will take place at the his- Verne Lundquist elected is wonderful. The 2020 Hall Inductee in the Amateur But golf was definitely in Dow Jr.’s blood. toric Houston Country Club on Monday, There are no truer gentlemen than Mike Player Category, Henry “Hank” Kuehne II After graduating from Arizona State in October 6th. For tickets and sponsorship Wright and Dow Finsterwald. Jr., and the is a former U.S. Amateur Champion and a 1981, Dow was hired by Oak Tree Country information please visit www.texas- venerable Oak Hills is a great addition to professional golfer who enjoyed some suc- Club in Oklahoma City as an Assistant golfhof.org/donate. our Registry. We could not be more pleased cess on the PGA Tour. Born in Dallas, Golf Professional. In 1987, his life changed

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victory at the 2019 Memorial Tournament thanks to an 8-under-par 64 in the final round. His second PGA TOUR victory came by two shots over Adam Scott. Cantlay was 5-under through his first nine holes and never looked back from there. Martin Kaymer, Kevin Streelman, and Marc Leishman rounded out the top five. Tiger Woods finished T9 after a 5-under- par 67 on Sunday.

HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 2:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). Sunday, 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3:30 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7:15 a.m.-6:30 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday, 8:40 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Sunday, 8:40 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3:30 p.m.-7 p.m. (Featured Holes) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6:30 p.m Patrick Cantley shot an 8-under-par 64 in the final round to win the 2019 tournament ET. Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. ET. Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (PGA TOUR Radio on DeChambeau has gone T3-T8-T6-1 during (2nd round, 1996) SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). the Return to Golf… Other past winners at LAST TIME: Patrick Cantlay surged to Muirfield in the field include Cantlay, Jason Dufner, Tom Lehman, David Lingmerth, William McGirt and of course Woods who won in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009 and 2012… The top 12 in the The Memorial Tournament FedExCup standings are all in the field. July 16 - July 19, 2020 FEDEXCUP: Winner gets 500 FedExCup Muirfield Village Golf Club points. Dublin, Ohio COURSE: Muirfield Village Golf Club, Purse - $9,300,000 7,456 yards, par 72. Jack Nicklaus’ home- Winners share: 1,674,000 town club opened in 1974. The course, Defending Champ: Patrick Cantlay located in Dublin, Ohio, will play host to the TOUR for the second week in a row. By Adam Stanley It’s long been known as a club that hosts pgatour.com the biggest events in golf including the 2013 Presidents Cup. Tiger Woods returns to action for the STORYLINES: The Memorial will be the first time since February as he looks for his second event in a row hosted at Muirfield sixth title at the Memorial Tournament pre- Village after this week’s Workday Charity sented by Nationwide. Open with changes expected in pin place- The top five in the FedExCup standings ments, tee boxes, rough length and green -- Webb Simpson, Justin Thomas, Sungjae speeds… Tiger Woods will be looking for Im, Bryson DeChambeau and Rory his record sixth victory. His last win at McIlroy -- also are in the field. Jack’s event came in 2012… Woods has FIELD NOTES: Tiger Woods will play won a record seven PGA TOUR events five his first PGA TOUR event since his 68th- or more times, including the Memorial… place result at The Genesis Invitational. This is the first time since 2016 that the Woods and Peyton Manning topped Phil Memorial will have the top five in the Mickelson and Tom Brady at Capital One’s world since 2016… Rory McIlroy has The Match: Champions for Charity in never won the Memorial but does have four May… The Memorial usually has 120 top-10 finishes… Twenty-six of the 30 golfers in the field, but this year the field golfers who played in the TOUR has expanded to 133… After a missed cut Championship are in the field, the most of at the Workday Charity Open, Brooks any tournament since the Return to Golf Koepka added the Memorial to his sched- began. ule as a late entry… Past winner at 72-HOLE RECORD: 268, Tom Lehman Muirfield Bryson DeChambeau returns (1994) after taking the Workday Charity Open off. 18-HOLE RECORD: 61, John Huston

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chance for storms will occur during the tie together three of the greatest names in afternoon and evening hours. Dry weather golf history Ð its greatest champion in Jack is forecast on Friday and Saturday with Nicklaus (the Memorial Tournament pre- scattered thunderstorms returning to the sented by Nationwide), its most transcen- forecast for Sunday. Humidity values will dent figure in Tiger Woods (The Genesis climb for this weekend with afternoon Invitational), and its greatest ambassador in highs in the lower 90s.” Arnold Palmer (Arnold Palmer Invitational SOUND CHECK presented by Mastercard). I would like to say that I'm going to win FedExCup Moves....Dustin Johnson has the event. That's certainly the intentions. made the biggest move in the FedExCup Whether that plays out come Sunday, hope- standings of any player since the Return to fully that will be the case. Golf, having jumped up 88 spots from - Tiger Woods returning after five months 111th to 23rd. His win at the Travelers off the TOUR Championship have him in good shape for BY THE NUMBERS a run at the title. Brooks Koepka is looking 61 Ð Justin Thomas made every putt from for a similar surge this week. The former inside eight feet last week (61/61) for the two-time PGA TOUR Player of the Year first time in his PGA TOUR career. sits 156th in the FedExCup standings and The par-4, 483-yard 18th hole ranked as the toughest hole (4.276) at the Memorial last year 7 Ð Bryson DeChambeau is on a streak of needs to make his move with just five By Ben Everill birdies compared to more than twice as seven consecutive top 10s. The last player weeks left before the Playoffs begin for the pgatour.com many bogeys (87), doubles (27) and others to record eight consecutive top-10s on top 125 players. In the last 11 PGA TOUR He’s back. (four) combined. It was the toughest 18th TOUR was Luke Donald (2011 WGC-Dell seasons, just five percent of players outside Insert Tiger, or Jack, as the “he” here hole on the PGA TOUR all season long Technologies Match Play thru 2011 the the top-125 of the FedExCup with five and you can find just as much excitement. and the 28th toughest of all holes. Add that Memorial Tournament). weeks to go have qualified for the Tiger Woods returns to the PGA TOUR for it’s the hole players must face with the tro- 93.8 Ð Percentage of rounds Patrick FedExCup Playoffs (68 of 1,375). the first time in five months at Jack phy on the line (including possibly twice Cantlay has that are better than the field Course changes … With Muirfield Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village for the more in a playoff), and it’s all the more average at Muirfield Village. It is the most Village Golf Club hosting back-to-back Memorial Tournament Presented by challenging. The hard dogleg right plays of any player in the last 38 years (mini- tournaments, the TOUR was tasked with Nationwide. downhill off the tee, with trees, rough and mum of 16 rounds). showing the variety of the golf course, Sure, we were here last week for the a creek awaiting left misses, but right miss- -117 Ð Tiger Woods is 117-under par in his providing players in both fields distinctive Workday Charity Open, but Nicklaus didn’t es aren’t great, either, with bunkers and career at the Memorial Tournament, 27 challenges each week, and preserving the arrive until this week for the tournament grassy mounds with rough. Uphill strokes better than the next best player demanding layout signature to the he’s hosted at the place he built since 1976. approaches are played to a large, two-tiered (Matt Kuchar, -90). Memorial Tournament presented by The winner at the Memorial is always green protected by four bunkers and a huge 10 Ð Number of winners from the last 12 Nationwide. After slower green speeds greeted by this legend of golf… something false front. Memorial Tournament who have ranked (11-1/2 to 12) and shorter rough for the Woods has had happen five times prior to LANDING ZONE inside the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Workday Charity Open, the course returns this week. Can he make it six despite the The 363-yard par-4 14th at Muirfield Approach-the-Green. to its traditional championship set-up, with long layoff or will any number of stars take Village is always full of excitement. Last SCATTERSHOTS deeper rough and faster greens (13+). the trophy in what is the most stacked field week the tees were moved up to create the Stacked field … Jack Nicklaus has once Play Yellow … The 2020 Memorial since the Return to Golf. opportunity to go for the green, something again reeled in a huge field for his event. Tournament presented by Nationwide will THREE PLAYERS TO PONDER once again highlight, Play Yellow, the 1. Tiger Woods national fundraising initiative to raise funds His third attempt at break- for children served by hospitals partnered ing the PGA TOUR record with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). for all-time victories since As the primary benefactor of the Memorial tying Sam Snead’s mark of Tournament and the central Ohio CMN 82 at the ZOZO CHAMPI- hospital, Nationwide Children’s will be ONSHIP in October. A highlighted as the beneficiary of all five-time Memorial Champion coming off Memorial’s Play Yellow fundraising efforts. a five month break. The Nationwide Children’s Hospital brand 2. Bryson DeChambeau will also be central to all promotional mes- A former champion (2018) saging.??Players, caddies, and others on- who returns as golfs version site are encouraged to support the Play of the Hulk. Can Muirfield not traditionally done at The Memorial. So This marks the third event out of six since Yellow campaign by wearing yellow on Village be muscled to sub- chances are only DeChambeau might have the return to golf with the top five in the Sunday of tournament week as well. mission the way that option this week. A handful of players OWGR in the field and in fact 43 of the Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award … The DeChambeau did recently in Detroit? did have a go last season where the hole top 50 are in attendance. There are 48 of 2020 tournament will highlight two 3. Justin Thomas played to a 3.919 average as the fifth easi- the top 50 in the current FedExCup stand- Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award winners in Young star lost in a playoff est hole of the week. The green is guarded ings, including the entire top 10, in the mix Anna Earl, who was diagnosed with last week on this venue and by a creek in front, a body of water that and 28 of the top 30 from the 2019 TOUR Cerebral Palsy early on in life but thanks to will be burning from the can also get hold of an errant lay-up. Here Championship field (most of any event this treatments and determination has been able result. Can his will to win is a look at the tee shots from last season. season). The Memorial Tournament pre- to play on both her middle and high school steel him for one better? WEATHER CHECK sented by Nationwide is one of three ele- golf teams, and Matthew McClish, who’s THE FLYOVER From meteorologist Wade Stettner: “A vated events on the PGA TOUR schedule paralyzed on the left side of his body, The hardest hole on the course, the 484- weak front is expected to push through which offer a heightened purse ($9.3 mil- spent time with Bryson DeChambeau on yard, par-4 18th hole played to a 4.276 Ohio on Thursday with scattered showers lion) and a three-year PGA TOUR exemp- the range at the 2019 event, is now intern- stroke average last year, giving up just 47 and thunderstorms possible. The best tion, instead of the two-year exemption ing with the tournament. awarded at most events. The trio of events

Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 47 | July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 9 NASCAR O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 500 TMS welcomes back NASCAR fans finished second or third in three straight Starting lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR races in the 2016-17 seasons. He’s earned Cup Series race at Texas top-10 finishes in eight of the last 10 races The starting lineup for Sunday’s O’Reilly at Texas. Auto Parts 500 NASCAR Cup Series race. The 26-year old Blaney has led 233 will start from the pole laps in 10 Texas starts with a best single position, with joining him on race showing in the 2018 Playoff race the front row to lead the field to green for when he won the and finished the 334-lap, 501-mile race. runner-up. He led a race best 148 laps and The lineup for the race was determined finished 12th in 2017. He’s also a past by a random draw, with NBC Sports Xfinity Series winner (2018) at the track. announcing the results online. The parame- Hamlin certainly is eager to famously ters for the draw were as follows: don that winner’s cowboy hat in Victory ¥ Positions 1-12 determined by a random Lane again. He dominated the field in his draw from charter teams in those positions Texas win last Fall, leading 119 of 335 in team owner points laps. But he’s had only two finishes of 20th ¥ Positions 13-24: Random draw among or better in the last six races Ð his win last charter teams in those positions in owner year and a third place in the 2017 Playoff points race. He had a string of four top-five fin- ¥ Positions 25-36: Random draw among Certainly, based on recent history, statistical categories. ishes (including a pair of wins) snapped at charter teams in those positions in owner Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Busch, the reigning NASCAR Cup Indianapolis two weeks ago. He led 19 laps points Motor Speedway (2 p.m.on NBCSN, PRN, Series champion, is similarly looking to and crashed while leading only seven laps ¥ Positions 37-40: will be filled out by SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) looks to fea- snap a winless streak. His last victory came from the scheduled finish. He was 12th at open, non-chartered teams in order of ture the best of the 2020 top NASCAR Cup in the November season finale at Homestead Kentucky last week. owner points Series championship contenders. Fla. earning him the 2019 title. He’s rallied Series standings leader from a slow start this season to 11th in the Starting spot Driver Car # Team won the Fall Playoff race at Texas last sea- driver standings now with nine top-10 fin- 1 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing son and has three wins in the last five races ishes in the No. 18 2 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske on the 1.5-mile track. , one ; including three runner-up finishes 3 1 Chip Ganassi Racing of Harvick’s chief 2020 rivals is the (at California, Darlington and Atlanta). 4 18 Joe Gibbs Racing defending winner of this weekend’s race And his record nine wins at Texas in the 5 Kevin Harvick 4 Stewart-Haas Racing and also has three career victories at Texas Xfinity Series surely provide a healthy 6 2 Team Penske Ð including a 2010 season sweep. dose of optimism this weekend. 7 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Five drivers entered this weekend have “Unfortunately, I don’t have a win yet 8 9 multiple Texas wins, including the track’s [in the NASCAR Cup Series]," Busch said 9 22 Team Penske best, who has seven wins following his second-place finish in 10 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Ð more than double that of any other active Wednesday’s All-Star race. 11 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing driver Ð and who last won there in Spring “We’ve been close a couple times," he 12 88 Hendrick Motorsports of 2017. Kyle Busch, another three-race added. “We got to fight harder, do better. 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Texas winner, last won in Spring of 2018 That’s all there is to it." 14 43 Richard Petty Motorsports and shows up in Fort Worth after an Johnson, driver of the famed No. 48 15 Ryan Newman 6 impressive runner-up finish in Wednesday Hendrick Motorsports is ranked 16 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing night’s All-Star Race at Bristol. 15th in the championship standings with 17 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Statistically speaking, Matt Kenseth six top-10 finishes this season. His last top- 18 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports (who won at Texas in 2002 and 2011) 10, however was at Martinsville in June Ð 19 41 Stewart-Haas Racing boasts the best driver rating (103.8). the last of a three-race string of top-10s. 20 Jimmie Johnson 48 Hendrick Motorsports Johnson (102.6), Busch (102.1) and His last victory at Texas came in 2017 and 21 3 Harvick (97.2) are right behind. he has only one top-10 finish in the five 22 Matt Kenseth 42 Chip Ganassi Racing While certainly the Texas weekend races since, a fifth place in last years race. 23 20 Joe Gibbs Racing could fall in line with the opening 17 races Team Penske drivers Brad Keselowski 24 8 Richard Childress Racing and be a tight battle with Harvick, the other and Ryan Blaney are certainly keeping 25 37 JTG Daugherty Racing four-race winner Hamlin and Team Penske Harvick honest this season, but neither has 26 00 StarCom Racing drivers Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney, a NASCAR Cup Series win at Texas. 27 53 Racing there is reason to believe a first-time sea- Teammate Joey Logano, who won two 28 38 son winner is also a reasonable expectation. races before the break this year, won at the 29 27 Kenseth, who came out of retirement Texas track in 2014. And all three Penske 30 13 following the COVID-19 break to steer the drivers are ranked among the Top-12 in 31 JJ Yeley 51 Petty Ware Racing No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, driver ratings at Texas. 32 15 earned his best finish of the year Ð runner- Keselowski tops his teammates in laps 33 Christopher Bell 95 Leavine Family Racing up - at Indianapolis two weeks ago. The led at the track (639), but the driver of the 34 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion No. 2 Team Penske Ford is 0-for-23 with 35 77 Johnson, who is retiring from fulltime only a pair of top-10 finishes in the last 36 Corey LaJoie 32 Go Fas Racing competition at the end of the season, hasn’t eight races. His best work was runner-up in 37 Daniel Suarez 96 won a series race since June, 2017 at 2012 and 2015. He does have a pair of 38 66 Motorsports Business Management Dover, Del. But both are perennial Xfinity Series wins, the most recent in ‘15. 39 BJ McLeod 78 BJ McLeod Motorsports favorites at Texas where they lead many In addition to Logano’s 2014 win, he 40 7

10 July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 47 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com including a best of third-place twice Ð in entered this weekend and will look to the Fall, 2018 and Fall, 2019 races. His defend his win in Saturday’s Vankor 350 (7 441 laps out front this season is second p.m.,FS1,MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). only to Gragson and he is coming off a Busch has made nine starts at Texas in the huge confidence boost sweeping both Gander Truck posting four wins, nine top Kentucky races last weekend, the road fives and average finish of 10.2. course ace’s first series wins on an oval. Series standings leader Cindric (38 laps) and veteran Justin takes a strong 46-point advantage over last Allgaier (37 laps) lead the current Xfinity week’s Kentucky race winner Sheldon Series championship contenders in career Creed into the Texas race. Hill has held the laps led at Texas. top spot in the series driver standings Ð Allgaier, driver of the No. 7 JR Motor- leading the points for the last six weeks Ð sports Chevrolet, has nine top-10 finishes but the driver of the No. 16 Hattori Racing at Texas, most among the fulltime Xfinity Enterprises Toyota is still looking for his Series drivers. His best showing is fifth in first victory of the year. He’s finished run- 2018 and two of his 11 series wins have ner-up twice (at Atlanta and Pocono) and come on 1.5-milers like Texas. He has four was fifth in last week’s rain-shortened top-10 and two top-five finishes in the Kentucky race. He has a pair of top-10s in seven 1.5-mile races in 2020. seven Texas starts with a best ever showing All four of the JR Motorsports drivers of fifth-place in 2018. entered this week Ð Gragson, Allgaier, “We’ve been right there every week and and have had have put ourselves in a good position in the the last 10 races which includes three wins success at Texas. point standings," Hill said. “Everybody on and a runner-up finish. He has been espe- Annett, driver of the No. 1 JRM our United Rentals team has put a ton of cially good on the 1.5-mile tracks like Chevrolet is coming off his career best effort into our trucks. The guys put togeth- Texas, earning half (six) of his top-10 fin- showing at Texas Ð sixth last summer and er a brand-new piece for this week, so I ishes on those tracks and winning at Las he’s completed 99 percent of the laps in his can’t wait to get in and see what we have. Vegas and Homestead, Fla. 15 career starts there. He has one top-five "I feel like we should have won the With the wins, Briscoe is assured a place and five top-10 finishes in 2020 on 1.5- summer race at Texas last year and we in the Xfinity Series Playoffs and that will mile tracks and is averaging an 8.9 finish. were really fast in the spring race but had XFINITY SERIES mean a return to Texas during the Playoff Burton, who will steer the No. 8 JRM an overheating issue, so I’m looking for- Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series’ My run in the Fall. With a position already Chevrolet this week has two top-10 finish- ward to going back this weekend. It’s defi- Bariatric Solutions 300 (1 p.m. on NBCSN, guaranteed in the championship mix, es in four Texas starts including a career- nitely a place that we’ve had good speed PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) may Briscoe says this week’s Texas stop will best of fifth place in Fort Worth last season and the mile-and-a-halfs have been one of well feature a first-time fulltime series vic- include a little homework for the title chase “Coming off a great weekend in our strong suits this year." tory. That is if the field can beat the race’s later in the year. Kentucky, I’m looking forward to keeping Ben Rhodes, who is third in the Gander all-time winningest driver Kyle Busch, who “Obviously this week is still very impor- the momentum rolling this week at Texas," Trucks driver standings, 57 points behind has a record nine wins in this race Ð tant," Briscoe said. “We always want to do Annett said. “We had fast at Hill, is also looking for his first 2020 victo- including five consecutively between 2008- well when we show up to the track. We’ve Kentucky and had a chance to double up ry. The 23-year old has five top-10 finishes 2010. been in position to win every week, so on top-fives and that just shows the in the seven races. His best finish at Texas Busch is the only previous winner of there’s no reason to back off of that. But, strength of this No. 1 team. Over the our is runner-up in 2018, but he has only three the last five Xfinity Series races at the track big picture, the Playoff races are important last four races, we have an average finish top-10 showings in the last eight starts there entered this weekend which opens the door so we will try a mix of what we know of 6.8 and we’re looking to keep that going The 19-year old Californian Tyler to Victory Lane for any of a dozen of the works at Texas as well as trying stuff for this weekend at Texas." Ankrum, who is ranked 10th in the cham- series championship contenders in what the future." pionship, is a perfect 2-for-2 when it comes has been an especially competitive season. Briscoe’s primary championship threats to top-10 finishes at Texas. And another Although starting positions are picked right now are and Austin 2019 Championship Four driver, Stewart based on draw in these unusual 2020 rac- Cindric Ð the series only other multiple Friesen, would love to see Texas revitalize ing circumstances, it is worth noting that race winners - both with two trophies. his season. He has two past runner-up fin- only one time in the past 23 races has a Gragson trails Briscoe by 19 points in the ishes in Fort Worth (2018 and 2019) and winner started worse than sixth on the grid. championship standings and like Briscoe, currently is ranked 14th in the champi- And that was still a reasonable 10th-place the No. 9 JR Motorsports driver has experi- onship. His best 2020 finish is eighth place start,when won in Fall, 2011. enced vastly different outcomes in his GANDER RV & OUTDOORS TRUCK at Pocono, Pa. two races ago. Last year’s Texas races featured two SERIES Texas starts Ð 13th in Texas-1 last Spring SATURDAY - July 18, 2020 very different circumstantial outcomes with If ever there was a venue where some of and then 30th after crashing out in the fall 10:00 am Busch beating eventual season champion the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors return. Burnout Alley, VIP & Lone Star Circle Tyler Reddick in the first race by a mere Truck Series veterans feel prepared to Gragson, who celebrated his 22nd birth- Camping Opens .861-seconds. Christopher Bell won the make a run up the championship standings, day on Thursday, has 11 top-10 finishes in 2:00 pm second race of 2019 driving away from the is likely the place. 15 races this season and his 468 laps led is NXS My Bariatric Solutions 300: field with a 5.561-second advantage over Former series champion most in the series. He’s had only one top- Broadcast on NBCSN, Tune-In via PRN runner-up . boasts the most wins (five) among active five finish (third at Indianapolis) in the last 7:00 pm Statistically speaking, championship drivers at Texas. Twice he’s won back-to- five races. However, that’s certainly not to NGOTS Vankor 350: Broadcast on FS1, leader Ð who has already back Ð sweeping the 2012 season and win- a lack of effort. Gragson has been a big- Tune-In or Stream Live on 95.9 The surpassed his career best single season total ning three out of four between 2016-18. time contender in deciding the last two Ranch with five victories through the opening 15 Sauter's ThorSport Racing teammate and races - leading a combined 124 laps in last SUNDAY - July 19, 2020 races Ð has a best showing at Texas of reigning series champion has week’s doubleheader, 12:00 pm fourth place in the 2019 Spring race. He a pair of victories (2014 and 2015) and is even though he didn’t celebrate in Victory Gates 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Open was 22nd in the Fall. currently riding an unequaled streak of 17 Lane. 2:00 pm His current season effort, however, consecutive top-10 finishes, including four , who is third in the NCS O'Reilly Auto Parts 500: Broadcast would indicate reason for optimism. runner-up finishes in addition to the pair of championship standings Ð 33 points behind on NBCSN, Tune-In or Stream Live on The driver of the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Briscoe Ð has a solid Texas resume. He’s wins. 95.9 The Ranch (FM) Racing Ford has top-10 finishes in nine of finished 11th or better in all four starts Last season's winner Kyle Busch is

Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 47 | July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 11 COLLEGES WITH BO CARTER College Football News and Notes Karras, Gary, Ind.; July 16 (1889) Percy longtime rivalries in men’s basketball (first Wendell, Roxbury, Mass.; (1939) Frank time since 2003) and other athletics events. Girardi, Williamsport, Pa.; (1943) Jimmy Rice has established recent webinars to Johnson (Arkansas), Port Arthur, Texas; work with students, student-athletes, facul- (1951) , Olton, Texas; ty and staff on inclusion and diversity (1968) Barry Sanders, Wichita, Kan.; issues…North Texas has started a summer (1974) Tommie Frazier, Bradenton, Fla.; campaign to assist underserved students July 17 (1927) Thurman “Fum” McGraw, with fall semester tuition and other expens- Garden City, Kan.; (1905) George Wilson, es with a solid early response from alumni Glenside, Pa.; (1939) Jerry Moore, and friends…Stanford students and related Bonham, Texas. groups requested meetings with campus Non-conference teams scheduled to public safety groups to help resolve possi- play against Ivy League, Big Ten and Pac- ble issues…The North Texas Mean Green 12 Conferences’ opponents this fall have Coaches Caravan presented by 308 been scrambling to make playing adjust- Construction had its third virtual episode ments and to make key budget decisions on July 1 and included several digital stops since many large game guarantees now will in locations throughout Texas and the be lost…North Texas and UNLV will Southwest. This is a four-part series replac- rematch their 2014 SERVPRO First ing the traditional on-site Caravan stops. Responders Bowl matchup when they play Host for all stops has been UNT assistant in 2022 and ’26. UNT and California AD Hank Dickenson, and all locales pre- moved their scheduled 2022 non-confer- miered live on the Mean Green Athletics' ence encounter to 2023…Florida and NC Facebook page before becoming available The OU-Texas contest has been played every year in Dallas since 1929 and at Cotton Bowl Stadium annually since 1930 State will play a two-game in 2026 and on meangreensports.com. 2032…The Rutgers-Syracuse Big Ten- New college head coaches at their latest McKinney, Texas; (1939) Bill Cooper, ACC intersectional matchup has been can- assignments Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin, Old Carrollton, Ohio; July 13 (1903) Lloyd celled for '20…Several games affected by Dominion’s Ricky Rahne, Washington’s Yoder, Salem, Ohio; (1912) Ed Sherman, the conference’s cancellation of non-Pac- Jimmy Lake, and Colorado State’s Steve Licking County, Ohio; (1922) Alex 12 clashes and off the table are now the Addazio have been eager to meet and greet Sarkisian, Constantinople, Turkey; July 14 Sept. 5 Alabama-USC game in the their 2020 forces during the NCAA’s vol- (1911) Riley Smith, Greenwood, Miss.; Cowboys College Classic at AT&T untary, on-campus workouts…LSU head (1922) Robin Olds, Honolulu, Hawai’i; Stadium in Arlington, Texas, California- coach Ed Orgeron says LSU has COVID- (1928) Brad Rowland, Hamlin, Texas; TCU on Sept. 5, Houston-Washington 19 concerns under control and is advancing (1971) Bill Royce, Mt. Gilead, Ohio; July State on Sept. 12, Colorado at Texas A&M plans for the coming campaign...Pittsburgh 15 (1892) Ray Eichenlaub, Columbus, Sept. 19, Michigan-Washington Sept. 5, athletics gave head coach Pat Narduzzi a Ohio; (1893) Orin Hollingbery, Hollister, and Oregon-Ohio State Sept. 12, Texas pay increase to $4.07 million for fiscal year Calif.; (1935) Alex Karras, Gary, Ind.; July Tech vs Arizona Sept. 19…Fordham at 2019…Utah will whittle $8 million off its 16 (1889) Percy Wendell, Roxbury, Mass.; Hawai’i on Sept. 12 has been called off due athletics budget with head football coach BO CARTER (1939) Frank Girardi, Williamsport, Pa.; to the Patriot League’s flight restrictions Kyle Whittingham and head men’s basket- [email protected] (1943) Jimmy Johnson (Arkansas), Port for ’20…Alabama and Memphis will meet ball coach Larry Krystkowiak accepting Arthur, Texas; (1951) Jerry Sisemore, in men’s basketball and possibly other voluntary compensation reductions The State Fair of Texas in Dallas has Olton, Texas; (1968) Barry Sanders, sports in future years. The Crimson Tide …Connecticut tabbed Mike Rehfeldt as been cancelled for the first time since 1945 Wichita, Kan.; (1974) Tommie Frazier, and Tigers have played eight times in foot- strength and conditioning coach…Former (it was not held from 1942-45 due to World Bradenton, Fla.; July 17 (1927) Thurman ball since 1958 with their most recent Texas football staff member Tory Teyki is War II). At the moment the Grambling- “Fum” McGraw, Garden City, Kan.; (1905) meeting in 1991…Georgia State will travel the new assistant AD for football opera- Prairie View A&M game at Cotton Bowl George Wilson, Glenside, Pa.; (1939) Jerry to Ole Miss in 2026…The 2020 BYU- tions at KU...Michigan head coach Jim Stadium Sept. 26 and the Oklahoma-Texas Moore, Bonham, Texas. Northern Illinois clash has been moved Harbaugh has tabled talk of his contract AT&T Red River Rivalry contest Oct. 10 Notable anniversary death dates for from Ridgeview, Ill., to the NIU cam- extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. still are set to be played on the State Hall of Famers are July 12 (1961) Steve pus…Fordham has cancelled its first three The Wolverines coach also opined about Fairgrounds with attendance scenarios to Lach, Altoona, Pa.; (1975) Carl Snavely, non-conference encounters in September COVID-19 and the 2020 football season: be determined…The OU-Texas contest has St. Louis, Mo.; July 13 (1992) Alex …The 2020 Northwestern-Wisconsin con- “COVID is part of our society. It wasn’t been played every year in Dallas since Wojociechowicz, Forked River, N.J.; July test at Chicago’s Wrigley Field has been caused by football or caused by sports. 1929 and at Cotton Bowl Stadium annually 14 (1982) Jackie Jensen, Charlottesville, cancelled due to COVID-19…Johnson C. There’s no expert view right now that I’m since 1930. Va.; July 15 (2017) Vito “Babe” Parilli, Smith and Presbyterian have cancelled aware of that sports is going to make that In the first regulation football contest in Parker, Colo.; July 16 (1992) Buck their upcoming tussle…Charlotte and Ole worse."...Former East Carolina head coach the U.S. since mid-March, the South Buchanan, Kansas City, Mo.; (2018) Gabe Miss now have signed contracts for a 2026 Ruffin McNeill has been named special downed the North 30-6 in the 62nd Rivera, San Antonio, Texas; July 17 (1980) and ‘27 two-game series...Georgia, adviser to NC State head coach Dave Nebraska Shrine Bowl High School All- Ralph “Shug” Jordan, Auburn, Ala.; July Wofford, Charleston, and SMU have 2020- Doeren for the 2020 season…Alabama Star Game last Saturday at UN-Kearney’s 18 (2005) Jim Parker, Columbia, Md. 21 and beyond scheduling opportunities in offensive coordinator and former USC and stadium. Happy birthdays to NFF College Hall of various sports…Memphis and Saint Louis Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian NFF College Hall of Fame Facts Fame members July 12 Bill Cooper (a spry will join Michigan and Ball State and com- underwent open heart surgery last Monday Some notable birthdates in NFF 81), July 14 Brad Rowland (a spry 92), , pete in several sports in coming months in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and is expected to College Hall of Fame annals in the July 12- Hamlin, Texas; (1971) Bill Royce, Mt. …Arkansas and UT Arlington are slated to make a full recovery after recuperating at 18 time period are July 12 (1863) Hector Gilead, Ohio; July 15 (1892) Ray meet in men’s basketball and additional home…Former Michigan State assistant Cowan, Hobart, N.Y.; (1878) Bob Torrey, Eichenlaub, Columbus, Ohio; (1893) Orin future men’s and women’s sports… Kansas coach Mark Staten is the new tight ends Henrico County, Va.; (1920) Glenn Dobbs, Hollingbery, Hollister, Calif.; (1935) Alex State and Wichita State will renew some coach at Toledo.

12 July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 47 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Hometowns of more 2020 college head coach…Virginia Tech special assistant for due to COVID-19 concerns…North Dakota annals…Former West Virginia and Florida coaches Ð Georgetown (Ky.): Bill Cronin, basketball Kevin Giltner is now a fulltime officially is the newest member of the QB Will Grier spoke of understanding and Indianapolis, Ind.; Georgia: Kirby Smart, men’s assistant coach…Oregon head men’s Missouri Valley Conference…Pac-12 equality for all people in a series of Twitter Montgomery, Ala.; Georgia Southern: basketball coach Dana Altman has donated Conference commissioner Larry Scott feeds…The NFL Alumni Association and Chad Lunsford, Elberton, Ga.; Georgia his 2020 NCAA tournament bonus to acknowledged he has contracted COVID- American Addiction Centers have teamed State: Shawn Elliott, Camden, S.C.; Oregon's Students in Crisis Fund…Former 19 and is in quarantine…The ACC also has up to raise public awareness through a new Georgia Tech: Geoff Collins, Conyers, Ga. Tennessee standout, Olympian, ESPN com- delayed the start of Olympic sports sched- social campaign to help support people New Mexico director of athletics Eddie mentator, and NBA Boston Celtics assis- ules until Sept. 1...Big Sky Conference going through addictions and other behav- Nuñez has turned down a recent proposal tant Kara Lawson has become Duke’s fifth commissioner Tom Wistrcill notes a 50-50 ioral or injury-related challenge..... for new naming rights at Dreamstyle head coach for women's basketball…South likelihood of fall football in that circuit ...Professional golf has seen cancellation of Stadium and historic basketball facility The Carolina head women’s basketball coach …ACC revenue for 2018-19 dropped just both the internationally-famous Ryder and Pit…Utah AD Mark Harlan stated that the and NCAA champion Dawn Staley spoke under two percent in public tax filings for Presidents Cups matches until 2021…The department is looking forward to a long on the benefits of diversity and equality in that competitive year. NFL has added former Big 12 Conference and productive marketing and apparel con- hiring of college coaches....Vanderbilt The 29th annual Mitsubishi Las Vegas coordinator of officials and 24-year NFL tract future with Under Armour..Wisconsin named former assistant women’s tennis Bowl is schedule for a date to be deter- on-field official Walt Anderson and long- athletics also affirmed a strong connection coach Aleke Tsoubanos head coach, and mined in December at new Allegiant time NFL coach Perry Fewell to the with Under Armour in a variety of capaci- former women’s head coach Geoff Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev. Mitsubishi is league’s officiating department as senior ties…Norfolk State’s Melody Webb has Macdonald will remain on staff as an assis- the eighth corporate sponsor in the three vice president of officiating training and succeeded Marty Miller as AD at NSU and tant coach for the tennis program…Former decades this bowl has been played…The development and senior vice president of is the first woman AD in the history of the Oklahoma softball All-America Falepolana 28th annual Valero Alamo Bowl will be officiating administration for the 2020 sea- university…Colorado AD Rick George pre- Aviu is moving to Ole Miss as a graduate played at the in San Antonio, son. Their duties have started with summer sented a new, three-year plan for athletics manager…Iowa athletics named Broderick Texas, for the 28th consecutive year. The clinics and officiating training sessions at the Boulder university…CU also named Binns as director of diversity and inclusion. bowl first was contested in 1993 at the …Former Nevada and NFL standout Colin Kris Livingston executive senior AD, Jason The Southeastern Conference will kick newly-completed dome, and past partici- Kaepernick has signed a new deal with DePaepe deputy AD, Jill Keegan senior off league preseason virtual Football Media pants have included national luminaries Disney with a joint broadcast project with woman administrator, Lance Gerlach asso- Days nationally Monday-Thursday with all such as Nebraska, Texas, California, Ohio ESPN’s Jemele Hill…Major League ciate AD, and Alexis Williams senior asso- 14 head coaches and selected student-ath- State, Northwestern, Texas A&M, Baylor, Soccer has been hitting roadblocks because ciate AD for external relations…Syracuse letes from each school. SEC commissioner Oregon, and TCU, among others…Indiana of solid presence of COVID-19 among sev- named Salatha Willis associate AD for Greg Sankey also will deliver a state of the completed its accounting and travel eral teams as it attempts to restart the ’20 diversity...Tennessee tabbed Marshall conference message followed by media expenses for the 2020 trek to the TaxSlayer season in the Orlando, Fla., area…Former Steward as assistant AD for academic serv- questions and answers. Commissioner Gator Bowl. UN Kearney football-basketball star and ices and assistant provost...Veteran Sankey is preparing for all contingencies Several Auburn standouts have been both NFL and NBA draftee Tom Kropp Arkansas men's head tennis coach Andy for conference football with continued mentioned on 2020 All-America, All- was remembered for her 35-year career as Jackson will return in 2021 after coaching hope for competing in non-conference Southeastern Conference and All- UNK’s head men’s basketball coach and the Razorbacks, Mississippi State and clashes…The Ivy League has cancelled its Newcomer teams. Some of the notable AU longtime kinesiology professor…Famed Florida for 35 previous seasons…Southern fall sports and may play football for the stars are QB Bo Nix, WR Anthony Nebraska athletics’ donor and restaurateur California head men’s golf coach Chris first time in its history during late winter Schwartz, RB D.J. Williams, RB Mark- Sebastiano Caniglia was remembered for Zambri will not be back for the 2020-21 and spring 2021. In fact, California and Anthony Richards, RB Tank Bigsby, and his famous Mr. C’s Restaurant on North campaign…Numerous directors of athletics Stanford sometimes substituted spring RB Shaun Shivers…Alabama wideout 30th Street in Omaha, Neb. It was a major have had almost daily online meetings with rugby for intercollegiate football to set a Jaylen Waddle has been rated as the fastest dining favorite for media and fans covering conference commissioners and state and 19th Century precedent for some spring wide receiver and overall student-athlete in the NCAA Baseball World Series for 57 national health authorities to devise Plans contact sports…The NCAA FBS by three publications…Some years until the facility closed in 2007. A-B-C-D, etc., for 2020 college football will play a conference-only schedule of 10- top returnees from the Mid-American All 103 Notre Dame football student- …New Rutgers president Dr. Jonathan 12 games (details will be made public at a Conference receiving special pre-2020 athletes who reported July 1 were free of Holloway (a former football student-athlete later dates) and eliminate non-conference recognition are QB Dustin Crum of Kent any positive tests for COVID-19. This is at Stanford) agreed with the Big Ten encounters. The Big Ten made this key State, TE Quintin Morris of Bowling believed to be the only college football Conference decision to play an all-confer- decision after lengthy consultation with the Green, OL Tommy Doyle of Miami (Ohio), squad on any level without the disease via ence-games’ upcoming football, volleyball Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious DL Taylor Riggins of Buffalo, LB the testing process…The Rice Roost media and women’s soccer campaigns…East Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Treshaun Hayward of Western Michigan, /fan group has published its annual, 160- Carolina head baseball coach Cliff Godwin Committee…The Pac-12 Conference also DB Sterling Weatherford of Miami (Ohio), page Roost's 2020 Rice Football Season had his contract extended through 2025 will play a conference-games-only slate in and punter Matt Ference of Northern Preview with detailed insight on the entire …New Mississippi State head women’s ’20 with the full schedule to be designated Illinois…Cornerback Brandon Crossly has Rice roster as well as every Conference basketball coach Nikki McCray Penson on or before July 31…The Pac-12 also transferred from Colorado State to SMU USA team. The sale price is $12.99 with was applauded for her role in persuading reported record overall revenue in 2019-20, …Mason Murphy is the latest signee for additional donations accepted. For addi- the Mississippi Legislature to change that larger payouts per university, commissioner the 2019 Canadian collegiate title team tional information, please access the web- state flag…Texas has finalized its 2020-21 Larry Scott's compensation and contract University of Calgary…Walker Polk has site Attheroost.com...... Harvard officials track and field coaching staff with the addi- terms, Pac-12 television networks expens- extended a verbal commitment to Baylor in project that approximately 40 percent of tion of former Purdue assistant coach Jim es, and more monetary matters…One of 2021 while Lane Allen is expected to sign the 2019-20 undergraduate student body Garnham for the Longhorns vertical jumps the other current Pac-12 scenarios has foot- with Texas in 2023 as a sophomore com- will return to campus for in-person classes and combined events…Bowling Green ball competition resuming in the spring of mit…North Forney (Texas) HS running in August. The other 60 percent will take named Brandon Watkins assistant men’s 2021 if COVID-19 continues to cause chal- back Ty’Ronrdic Collins has committed hybrid or online courses as offered by HU basketball coach…Connecticut officially lenges and spreads in August and orally to Nevada as a 2021 freshman. administrators. There were no projections added Jamelle Elliott as a new women’s September...The Atlantic Coast Conference NFF College Hall of Fame member for student-athletes’ live and online subject basketball assistant coach…Veteran educa- hopes to make a decision about the conduct Thurman Thomas of Oklahoma State will contingencies. Harvard also announced last tor and athletics counselor Dr. Brian of the ’20 football and fall sports schedules discuss diversity and other key current Tuesday that all fall semester classes will Wickstrom is the new president and chief by July 31…The Big 12 Conference will issues with OSU head coach Mike be conducted virtually online…The Sports executive officer at Bellflower (Calif.) St. not have visiting spirit groups Ð marching Gundy…Former Texas Tech star and 2020 Tech weekly newsletter is offering updates John Bosco High School…New Arkansas bands, cheerleaders, dance teams, etc. Ð at Super Bowl-winning QB Patrick Mahomes and projections for campus athletics’ com- men’s basketball assistant coach David 2020 football contests…The Central has signed a 10-year contract extension petition for the fall 2020 semester…Several Patrick inked a two-year contract for $1 Intercollegiate and Southern Intercollegiate with the NFL Kansas City Chiefs for $450- schools have asked for relief from a federal million…East Carolina added Antwan Athletic Conferences are suspending all 503 million (depending on incentives) for government directive that foreign students Jackson as assistant men’s basketball fall sports activities Ð including football Ð the largest contract in professional sports (continued on page 14)

Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 47 | July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 13 currently located within the U.S. cannot lation to stop public colleges in that state seasons…Bob Kesling of Tennessee, Toby losing a bit of momentum after a rash of remain in colleges and universities with from using COVID-19 participation waiver Rowland of Oklahoma and Tony Caridi of transfers earlier this year…Several U.S. online coursework only. This would affect forms…Air Force received a notice from West Virginia received solid reviews in an Senators have been requesting information many college student-athletes competing PETA to consider ending the academy’s internet post about college football broad- on NCAA COVID-19 protocol and the for U.S. schools from Canada, Europe and tradition of using live trained falcons as casters who followed legendary radio association’s opinion on colleges’ liability various other continents and nations. athletics’ mascots…San Diego State hopes callers …The Boston Globe had an exten- waivers for coaches and student-athletes Harvard and MIT have filed suits to delay to begin construction on its new, 35,000- sive story about online and hybrid college …Longtime Vanderbilt, Virginia and LSU the possible suspensions or deportations seat stadium in August with a probable instruction for the autumn semester and enthusiast and 1972-73 Vanderbilt Student …Slinger Bag, Inc. and DAHCOR have completion date in August 2022…Adidas tuition rates remaining the same. Several Government Association president U.S. signed a multi-year agreement for tennis human resources executive Karen Parkin colleges also are having budget adjustment Senator John N. Kennedy of Louisiana apparel and tennis ball launchers for col- has left the company to pursue other career issues after refunding residence hall fees expressed hope for the resumption of col- lege squads and individuals at all skill lev- options…Syracuse athletics has declared a from the interrupted spring semester 2020 lege and high school football this season els…Florida State’s Seminole Boosters, brief hold on season ticket upgrades and …The Chicago Tribune editorialized about but also said many of his constituents were Inc. continues to show significant annual parking plans…The Duke athletics staff, slowing down the scheduling of athletics concerned about a possible new spike growth…The Orange Blossom Classic including all head coaches, have accepted on college and all levels until COVID -19 nationwide and in the Bayou State of Zoom panel conference discussed racial compensation reductions as the result of subsides enough nationally…The Tulsa COVID-19 cases... The NCAA has ruled equality, sports, culture, and the communi- COVID-19 conditions…Nebraska athletics Okla., World opined how COVID-19 con- that Missouri softball and baseball postsea- ty with special emphasis on Florida State may be making furloughs or asking for tinues to wreak havoc and uncertainty for son bans will be complete in 2020 and will …The recent donation 300 acres on a golf early retirements from veteran staff mem- college football and universities in general not carry over until the 2021 seasons. layout to Illinois athletics has led to some bers…Penn State AD Sandy Barbour is …Former Ole Miss athletics and Austin, Congressional hearings…The NCAA has additional possible in-kind gifts from alum- seeking several methods of staying on Texas, publicist Bonnie Caver has been ruled that previous multi-year Missouri ni and friends…One Baton Rouge, La.- budget for the 2020-21 academic year named chair of the International Association softball and baseball postseason competi- based business has projected losses in mil- …Washington State athletics is seeking to of Business Communicators International tion bans will be complete in 2020 and will lions if college football is not played at avoid projected budget deficit of almost Executive Board, and the IABC has com- not carry over until the 2021 seasons LSU starting in September. Making the sit- $100 million without switches in key fund- pleted its corporate office move to Chicago …Mississippi State’s Orion supercomputer uation a bit more challenging is that as ing areas…New Mexico State had six stu- The FWAA is gearing up for all possi- has been ranked the fourth most powerful many as 37 LSU football student-athletes, dent-athletes and one trainer test positively bilities and extended national coverage as academic data center in the U.S., according coaches and support staff have had positive for COVID-19, and the athletics weight college football teams near the end of the to rankings released by Top500.org or asymptomatic tests for COVID-19…The training center has been closed as a precau- six-week, NCAA-allowed summer football …Former Arizona men's basketball assis- city of Austin, Texas, is levying fines up to tion to await continued testing…UTEP ath- training periods…The USBWA currently is tant coach Book Richardson has been $2,000 for people failing to wear a mask at letics has revamped the Miners Kids Club taking entries online from members for the named sports editor for Silver Waves any gathering in the city limits…The program for 2020-21....Playmaker 2020 NCBWA Writing Contest…The Media. Citadel has had 13 members of its athletics Productions and NFF are the latest market- NCBWA is collecting 2020 annual dues 2020-21 College Football Playoff Bowl staff, including an unknown number of ing partners on the Alignable website...Two with a special combined discount for joint Schedule with New Year’s Six Games football student-athletes, receive positive Louisville student-athletes received posi- membership with the FWAA and USBWA (All Games Televised by ESPN, EST) test results for COVID-19…Miami (Fla.) tive test results for COVID-19 last week …Amanda Green of Eckerd, Ramona CFP athletics has specified COVID-19 protocol, …Florida State athletics is utilizing federal Noble-Watson of Clalflin, Tim Fitzgerald Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 (CFP Semifinals) procedures and devices helping medical Paycheck Protection Program assistance to of Cal State Maritime Academy, Jerrett Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern professionals monitor student-athletes and keep payroll and staffing active for Mills of Northeast Mississippi College, Mutual, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif., 5 p related groups…West Virginia men's bas- Seminole Boosters, Inc….UCF athletics Mike Houck of Oklahoma, Matt Turk of Allstate Sugar Bowl, Mercedes-Benz ketball has postponed preseason workouts reported record fundraising of $35 million Cal State Northridge, Tyler Cundith of Stadium, New Orleans, La., 8:45 p.m. after five student-athletes and one staff in pledges and $17 million is cash gifts for Johnson City (Kan.) College, and Timothy Monday, Jan. 11 - CFP Championship, member tested positive for COVID-19... fiscal year 2020…TCU's faculty is hoping McKinney of Triton were featured subjects Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Fla., 8 p.m. …Stanford has dropped 11 varsity sports to work with the administration and athlet- and opinion makers in the CoSIDA Open Wednesday, Dec. 30-Jan. 2 (Other New while Dartmouth athletics is eliminating ics on changes to the university's method of Forum online newsletter...Arizona, Arizona Year’s Six Bowls) five intercollegiate due to budget adjust- shared governance...South Carolina athlet- State, Arkansas, Duke, Kansas, Louisville, Wednesday, Dec. 30 - Goodyear Cotton ments…A leading college marketing ana- ics officially finished the 2019-20 competi- Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Utah Bowl Ð AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TBD lyst reports that 110 varsity sports have tive year in the black (plus side) financial- State and Oklahoma State, are working Friday, Jan. 1 Ð Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, been disbanded for 2020-21 since May 1 ly...Missouri athletics had 10 recent posi- with NCAA enforcement and compliance Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, TBD …Boston College and Under Armour have tive COVID-19 tests Ð nine student-athletes officials concerning possible issues and Saturday, Jan. 2 - PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, been holding talks about their current mar- and one staff member...North Carolina ath- reports at their respective schools…NCAA State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz., TBD keting and apparel contracts…Florida ath- letics is hoping that a spike has occurred president Dr. Mark Emmert was highlight- Capital One Orange Bowl, Hard Rock letics has received its final accounting for with 37 positive COVID-19 tests for staff ed for 10 years at the helm of the NCAA Stadium, Miami, Fla., TBD 2019-20 SEC revenue at $47.471 million members since June 1...Northern Arizona …The NCAA Transfer Portal appears to be …Clemson has worked on new and imagi- athletics has not made public any possible native methods for testing and treatment of COVID-19 "positives" for student-athletes" current and asymptomatic cases of COVID and is working to reopen fully...Nebraska -19 among its football student-athletes, athletics has decided to postponement coaches and support staff…Indiana football replacement of the artificial turf at student-athletes will not lose their scholar- Memorial Stadium/Dr. Tom Osborne Field ship status if they request not to compete in …Alabama’s historic Bryant-Denny ’20 because of COVID-19 concerns Stadium’s renovations are on schedule for …Fresno State athletics has extended sev- the slated home opener Sept. 12 against eral coaching contracts and making daily Georgia State. budget adjustments during the COVID-19 A recent national feature story high- pandemic…Iowa athletics will reduce its lighted veteran area football 2020-21 budget by at least $15 million broadcasters of the NFL …Arizona football voluntary workouts are radio entering his 44th continuing with an eye toward a recent season in 2020....Ryan Fannon of Villanova pause in the ’20 season reentry plan due to football/men’s basketball entering his 22nd medical shortages in the stats…State seasons and Harry Donahue of Temple Senators from Ohio have introduced legis- football/men’s basketball entering his 26th

14 July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 47 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com AUTO BMW X7 BMW large 3-row SUV X7 Review

ing of cargo. gy to work, so it felt like more trouble than it The BMW X7 can be ordered as a 7-seater was worth, especially when considering that with a center bench or a 6-seater with 2nd- the X7 already has handy blind-spot warning row captain’s chairs. Either way, this large lights.) and opulent new BMW SUV is handsome A Dynamic Handling Package, which inside, with lots of rich seat and dash leather includes M Sport brakes, Active Comfort complemented by attractive wood trim. The Drive with Road Preview, and an M Sport 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster is modern Differential, costs $4,750 on the xDrive50i. and highly configurable, while the seventh The same package, without the sporty limit- generation of BMW’s multifunction iDrive ed-slip M differential, is available on the controller has its usual spot on the center xDrive40i for $3,850. console, backed by a few redundant (but Other options include 22-inch wheels, 5- appreciated) buttons. Overall space inside this zone automatic climate control, aluminum big BMW SUV is excellent; there’s enough running boards, a tow hitch and a $3,000 headroom and legroom in both of the X7’s Premium package that has remote engine rear rows for 6-foot-tall passengers to sitcom- start, soft-close automatic doors, electric win- fortably. Moreover, the 2nd-row seats tip for- dow shades and a 1,500-watt Harman Kardon ward to aid ingress and egress. Also, the X7’s stereo with 20 speakers. (Since this powerful middle- and back-row seatbacks can be auto- stereo is standard on the xDrive50i, the matically lowered (or returned to their Premium package costs only $1,550 on that upright position) via a handy button in the model.) If you order the new X7 with a By Matt Degen chassis dropped 20 millimeters and the ride cargo area. Panorama Sky Lounge LED roof (it’s part of got noticeably firmer but not unpleasant. The The X7 does not stray far from BMW’s the $2,100 Executive package available only BMW builds nearly 400,000 vehicles per throttle and transmission also became more current design language; it’s immediately on the xDrive50i), it simulates a starry sky at year at its Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant, responsive; in fact, when we switched to identifiable as a large BMW SUV, thanks in night, even when it’s cloudy outside. and the newest model to be produced there is Sport, the X7 immediately dropped down a part to a familiar silhouette and the largest Last, families may want to consider the the X7, a large 3-row SUV that seats up to gear and began accelerating even though we kidney-shaped grilles ever to grace one of the $2,200 Rear Entertainment package. It seven people. Although the X5 is available kept the gas pedal in the same exact position. Munich-based company’s products. While the includes a pair of 10.2-inch full-HD touch- with an optional 3rd-row seat, the BMW X7 As we pulled in for lunch near Pensacola, slim headlights emphasize the width of the screen displays (on the back of the front has a standard third row, and it’s a much Florida (home of the Navy’s Blue Angels), X7, BMW says the prominent side character seats), a Blu-ray-compatible DVD player, an more spacious bench that accommodates two the X7’s onboard computer registered 17.8 line is a hallmark of the company’s new HDMI port and two headphone jacks. Those normal-size adults (up to about 6-feet tall) in mpg. Not great. design language. In back, a chrome bar in back can use their own media sources or remarkably good comfort. BMW makes the The BMW X7 xDrive40i: Although the 6- between the X7’s slim LED taillights recalls keep track of the X7’s journey via the nav X7 available with a smooth 3.0-liter inline-6 cylinder X7 has a bit less power and torque that of the 7 Series sedan. system. engine in the xDrive40i, or a far throatier 4.4- than the xDrive50i, it’s about $20,000 less All BMW X7s are fitted with 21-inch It’s good to see an inline-6 under the hood liter V8 in the xDrive50i. All-wheel drive is expensive and feels totally acceptable on the wheels, run-flat tires, heated front seats, air of the X7 xDrive40i. It’s an aluminum-block standard in both, as is an 8-speed automatic open road and in daily use. The 335-horse- suspension, a panoramic moonroof, onboard 3.0-liter engine with a twin-scroll turbocharg- transmission. In overall size, BMW’s X7 is power inline-6 is a smooth engine, and the Wi-Fi, wireless smartphone charging, tinted er that enables it to produce 335 horsepower very close to its main competitor, the twin-scroll turbocharger provides plenty of rear privacy glass and power-adjustable seats and 330 lb-ft of torque. EPA fuel economy Mercedes-Benz GLS, and it’s only 0.7 inches linear power with no hint of lag, which is in all three rows. Also standard: 4-zone cli- for this smooth and well-balanced engine is a shorter than a Chevrolet Tahoe. For added much appreciated in a vehicle with a substan- mate control, Apple CarPlay and Active respectable 20-mpg city/25-mpg highway. perspective, consider this: Although the X7 is tial curb weight of 5,370 pounds. BMW says Driving Assistant, a safety suite of technolo- The 4.4-liter V8 in the xDrive50i, with twin big, it’s still a fraction of an inch shorter than the xDrive40i hits 60 mph in 5.8 seconds. gies that includes blind-spot detection, lane- turbochargers nestled in its vee, produces 456 the company’s large 7 Series luxury sedan in Like the X7 xDrive50i the X7 xDrive40i gob- departure warning, rear-collision warning, horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque. overall length. bles up miles with ease, with the refined 6- frontal-collision warning (with pedestrian Naturally, fuel economy takes a hit, the In one long day, KBB drove the BMW X7 cylinder serving more in the background than protection), rear cross-traffic alert and speed- xDrive50i rated by the EPA at 15-mpg from Tallahassee to Baton Rouge, a 458-mile the raucous V8. The 8-speed automatic shift- limit information. The xDrive50i has a 360- city/21-mpg highway. Both engines mate to trip that took us across the panhandle of ed smoothly and when we wanted it to, so we degree top-view camera system that aids an 8-speed automatic transmission with pad- Florida, along the Gulf Coast and then across rarely if at all used the paddles on the back of parking, plus a head-up display and Active dle shifters, and both endow the new X7 with Alabama and Mississippi into Louisiana. A the X7’s thick-rimmed steering wheel. When Driving Professional, which adds lane-keep- a maximum towing capacity of 7,500 pounds beautiful drive it was, in a V8-powered X7 we pulled into a wet Baton Rouge at the end ing assist and traffic-jam assistant. 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 (xDrive40i) xDrive50i in the morning and a 6-cylinder X7 of the day (with Tom Petty’s “Louisiana This last system, which works only on lim- 330 horsepower @ 5,500-6,500 rpm xDrive40i in the afternoon. Impressions: Rain” serendipitously playing on the X7’s ited-access highways at speeds up to 37 mph, 330 lb-ft of torque @ 1,500-5,200 rpm The BMW X7 xDrive50i: When you fire stereo), the trip computer indicated 21.7 mpg: deserves mention because it’s a step toward EPA city/highway fuel economy: 20/25 mpg up the xDrive50i, it comes to life with a roar a big improvement over the V8-powered autonomous driving. An interior 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 (xDrive50i) that tells you something’s special underhood. xDrive50i. optical/infrared camera monitors the eye and 456 horsepower @ 5,250-6,000 rpm Indeed, there is. The 456-horsepower V8, The X7’s 2nd-row captain’s chairs (or nose position of the driver to determine if 479 lb-ft of torque @ 1,500-4,750 rpm blessed with snappy throttle response and a bench) have 5.7 inches of travel to accommo- he’s watching the road ahead. If he’s deter- EPA city/highway fuel economy: 15/21 mpg rip-roaring exhaust note, makes the X7 feel date passengers of varying sizes and help mined to be attentive, the driver doesn’t have The BMW X7 xDrive40i, fitted with the tur- plenty quick. Although the 50i has a limited people access the third row. Adjustment for to keep his hands on the steering wheel of the bocharged 3.0-liter inline-6, starts at $73,900. top speed of 130 mph (the same as the 40i’s), all three rows of seats is electric, and the X7, which continues down the road The BMW X7 xDrive50i, powered by the BMW says it hits 60 mph in a fleet 5.2 sec- X7’s elongated rear side doors further aid autonomously. Also, when lane-keeping assist twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8, starts at $92,600. A onds. What you notice most of all on the rear access. is active, the X7’s automatic lane-change fea- well-equipped xDrive40i can reach $100,000, highway is just how stable and quiet this big Via a single switch in the cargo area, the ture can be used. By moving the directional while the xDrive50i can climb to around BMW X7 is. When you’re traveling at 70 X7’s middle and rearmost seatbacks fold for- stalk in the direction of the desired lane $121,000. Destination charge for both vehi- mph, it feels like you’re going about 50, and ward to maximize cargo capacity, which change, the X7 determines if there’s enough cles is $995. For a bit of perspective, consider the ride delivered by the standard air suspen- peaks at 90.4 cubic feet when both rows are space in the adjacent lane and then steers into that the 2019 BMW X5 starts at $60,700, a sion felt comfortable without being floaty. folded. Another switch in back lowers the X7 the spot if its available. (The conditions had Mercedes-Benz GLS450 at $70,150, and a When we switched the X7 to Sport mode, the (via the air suspension) a bit, for easier load- to be just right for this lane-change technolo- V6-powered 2019 Audi Q7 at $59,950.

Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 47 | July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 15 (All times ET) Atlanta Falcons (all times ET) Baltimore Ravens (all times ET) (all times ET) Sept. 13: at , 4:25 p. Fox Sep. 13: vs. Seahawks, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 13: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 13: vs. 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 20: vs. Washington Redskins, 4:05 Fox Sep. 20: at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: at Houston Texans, 4:25 p.m., CBS Sept. 20: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Detroit Lions, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sep. 27: vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 28: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.ESPN Sept. 27: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 5: at Green Bay Packers, 8:15 p.m. ESPN Oct. 4: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: at New York Jets, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: vs. Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 19: at Dallas Cowboys, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Oct. 18: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 18: at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 15: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., Oct. 25: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1:05 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: vs. , 1 p.m., CBS Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 8: vs. Miami Dolphins, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 29: at Carolina Panthers, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 8: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 25: at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 15: vs. Buffalo Bills, 4:05 p.m., CBS Fox/NFLN/Amazon Nov. 15: at New England Patriots, 8:20 NBC Nov. 1: vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 19: at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 8: vs. Broncos, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m., Fox Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 22: at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 26: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:20 p.m.NBC Nov. 15: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m. CBS Nov. 29: at New England Patriots, 1 p.m.Fox. Nov. 29: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 29: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 1 p.m.CBS Dec. 6: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: vs. New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Dec. 7: at San Francisco 49ers, 8:15 p. ESPN Dec. 13: at 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p Fox Dec. 14: at Cleveland Browns, 8:15 p. ESPN Dec. 13: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:20 p.m NBC Dec. 20: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 4:05 p. Fox Dec. 20: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m Fox Dec. 20: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 19 or 20: at Denver Broncos, TBD Dec. 26 or 27: vs. San Francisco 49ers, TBD Dec. 27: at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 27: vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 28: at New England Patriots, 8:15 ESPN Jan. 3: at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS

Carolina Panthers (all times ET) Chicago Bears (all times ET) Cincinnati Bengals (all times ET) Cleveland Browns (All times ET) Sep. 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 13: at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 13: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05p CBS Sept. 13: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Sep. 20: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m Fox Sept. 20: vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 17: at Cleveland Browns, 8:20 p. NFLN Sept. 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 8:20 p. NFLN Sep. 27: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05p CBS Sept. 27: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 27: at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Washington Redskins, 1 p.m. Fox Oct. 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:20 p.m., Oct. 11: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Oct. 18: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 18: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 25: at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 18: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 25: at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m. CBS Oct. 29: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m., Oct. 26: at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. ESPN Nov. 1: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m., Fox Fox/NFLN/Amazon Nov. 1: vs. New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1p Fox Nov. 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 8:15 p ESPN Nov. 29: vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: at Green Bay Packers, 8:20 p.m. NBC Dec. 6: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 14: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8:15 p. ESPN Dec. 13: vs. Denver Broncos, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 21: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:15 p. ESPN Dec. 20: at New York Giants, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 19 or 20: at Green Bay Packers, TBD Dec. 20: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 27: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 26 or 27: at New York Jets, TBD Dec. 27: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 27: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox

Dallas Cowboys (all times ET) Denver Broncos (all times ET) Detroit Lions (all times ET) Green Bay Packers (all times ET) Sept. 13: at Los Angeles Rams, 8:30 p. NBC Sept. 14: vs. Tennessee Titans, 9:10 p.m. ESPN Sept. 13: vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 13: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 20: at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 27: at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sept. 27: vs. Tampa Bay Bucs, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sept. 27: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sept. 27: at New Orleans Saints, 8:20 p. NBC Oct. 4: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 1: at New York Jets, 8:20 p.m. NFLN Oct. 4: vs. New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 5: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Oct. 11: vs. New York Giants, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 18: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25, Fox Oct. 19: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 8:15 p ESPN Oct. 18: vs. Miami Dolphins, 4:04 p.m., CBS Oct. 25: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m. CBS Nov. 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m., NBC Nov. 8: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 5: at San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 4:25 p.m., CBS Nov. 15: at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., CBS Nov. 15: vs. Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: at Minnesota Vikings, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 CBS Nov. 22: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 26: vs. Washington Redskins, 4:30 p. Fox Nov. 29: vs. New Orleans Saints, 4:05 p.m Fox Nov. 26: vs. Houston Texans, 12:30 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: vs. Chicago Bears, 8:20 p.m., NBC Dec. 3: at Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m., Dec. 6: at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m., NBC Dec. 6: at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 4:25 p.m., CBS Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Dec. 13: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 19 or 20: vs. Buffalo Bills, TBD Dec. 19 or 20: at Tennessee Titans, TBD Dec. 19 or 20: vs. Carolina Panthers, TBD Dec. 20: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p. NBC Dec. 26 or 27: at Los Angeles Chargers, TBD Dec. 26 or 27: vs. Tampa Bay Bucs, TBD Dec. 27: vs. Tennessee Titans, 8:20 p.m., NBC Dec. 27: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 4:25 p. Fox Jan. 3: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox

Houston Texans (all times ET) Indianapolis Colts (all times ET) Jacksonville Jaguars (all times ET) Kansas City Chiefs (all times ET) Sept. 10: at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p.m, NBC Sept. 13: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m, CBS Sept.13: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 10: vs. Houston Texans, 8:20 p.m., NBC Sept. 20: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 4:25 p.m., CBS Sept. 20: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 20: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25, CBS Sept. 27: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m, CBS Sept. 27: vs. New York Jets, 4:05 p.m., CBS Sept. 24: vs. Miami Dolphins, 8:20 p.m,NFLN Sept. 28: at Baltimore Ravens, 8:15 p.m, ESPN Oct. 4: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: vs. New England Patriots, 4:25 p.., CBS Oct. 11: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: at Cleveland Browns, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 18: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 15: at Buffalo Bills, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFLN Oct. 25: vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p., CBS Oct. 25: at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: vs. New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 15: at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 12: at Tennessee Titans, 8:20 p.m,NFLN Nov. 15: at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m, CBS Nov. 22: vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:20 p.m., NBC Nov. 26: at Detroit Lions, 12:30 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 29, at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25, CBS Dec. 6: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: vs. Denver Broncos, 8:20 p.m., NBC Dec. 13: at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 19 or 20: at Indianapolis Colts, TBD Dec. 19 or 20: vs. Houston Texans, TBD Dec. 20: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 20: at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p., CBS Dec. 27: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 27: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 27: vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 27: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 1 p.m., CBS

16 July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 47 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Las Vegas Raiders (all times ET) Los Angeles Chargers (all times ET) Los Angeles Rams (all times ET) Miami Dolphins (all times ET) Sept. 13: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 13: at Cincinnati Bengals, 4:05 p.m., CBS Sept. 13: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m., NBC Sept. 13: at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 21: vs. New Orleans Saints, 8:15 p, ESPN Sept. 20: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p, CBS Sept. 20: at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Carolina Panthers, 4:05 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 24: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 8:20 p, NFLN Oct. 4: vs. Buffalo Bills, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: vs. New York Giants, 4:05 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 12: at New Orleans Saints, 8:15 p, ESPN Oct. 11: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: at San Francisco 49ers, 4:05 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:20, NBC Oct. 18: vs. New York Jets, 4:05 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: at San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p, NBC Oct. 18: at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 26: vs. Chicago Bears, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Oct. 25: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m, Fox Nov. 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 4:05 p, CBS Nov. 1: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: vs. Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS Nov. 8: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 8:20 p., NBC Nov. 22: at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., CBS Nov. 23: at Tampa Bay Bucs, 8:15, ESPN Nov. 15: vs. New York Jets, 4:05 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 29: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 4:05 p, Fox Nov. 29: at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: vs. New England Patriots, 4:25 p., CBS Dec. 6: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 4:05 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 4:25 p.m., Fox Dec. 10: vs. New England Patriots, 8:20 p, Fox Dec. 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 17: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 8:20 p.m., Dec. 17: at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:20 p.m., Fox Dec. 19 or 20: vs. New York Jets, TBD Dec. 20: vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m, CBS Fox, NFL Network, Amazon Dec. 26 or 27: vs. Denver Broncos, TBD Dec. 27: at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m., CBS Dec. 26 or 27: at Las Vegas Raiders, TBD Dec. 26 or 27: vs. Miami Dolphins, TBD Jan.3: at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., CBS

Minnesota Vikings (all times ET) New England Patriots (all times ET) New Orleans Saints (all times ET) New York Giants (all times ET) Sept 13: vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 13: vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 13: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25, Fox Sept. 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:15 p, ESPN Sept. 20: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., NBC Sept. 20: at Oakland Raiders, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Sept. 20: at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Green Bay Packers, 8:20 p, NBC Sept. 27: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 1 p.m. Fox Oct. 4: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., NBC Oct. 11: vs. Denver Broncos, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 12: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 8:15, ESPN Oct. 11: at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p, CBS Oct. 25: vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. Fox Oct. 18: vs. Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: at Chicago Bears, 4:25 p.m., Fox Oct. 22: at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 8: vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 9: at New York Jets, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Nov. 8: at Tampa Bay Bucs, 8:20 p, NBC Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 16: at Chicago Bears, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Nov. 15: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m., NBC Nov. 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p, Fox Nov. 2: vs. Tampa Bay Bucs, 8:15, ESPN Nov. 22: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p, CBS Dec. 6: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 10: at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m., Dec. 13: at Philadelphia Eagles, 4:25 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m., Fox Dec. 20: vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Dec. 20: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p, CBS Dec. 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 25: at New Orleans Saints, 4:30 p.m., Dec. 20: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 25: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 4:30 p.m., Dec. 20: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Fox, NFL Network, Amazon Dec. 28: vs. Buffalo Bills, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Dec. 27: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. New York Jets, 1 p.m., CBS Jan. 3: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox

New York Jets (all times ET) Philadelphia Eagles (all times ET) Pittsburgh Steelers (all times ET) San Francisco 49ers (all times ET) Sept. 13: at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 13: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 14: at New York Giants, 7:15 p.m., ESPN Sept. 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 20: vs. Denver Broncos, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 20: at New York Jets, 1 p.m., Fox Sept. 27: at Indianapolis Colts, 4 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Sept. 27: at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 1: at Denver Broncos, 8:20 p.m., NFLN Oct. 4: at San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p.m., NBC Oct. 4: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m, NBC Oct. 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 11: vs. Miami Dolphins, 4:05 p.m., Fox Oct. 18: at Los Angeles Chargers, 4 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m, NBC Oct. 25: vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 22: vs. New York Giants, 8:20 p.m., Oct. 25: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 25: at New England Patriots, 4:25 p, CBS Nov. 1: at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 8: at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., CBS Nov. 1: at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 9: vs. New England Patriots, 8:15, ESPN Nov. 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m., NBC Nov. 15: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 5: vs. Green Bay Packers, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 15: at Miami Dolphins, 4 p.m., CBS Nov. 15: at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 29: vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 22: at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 26: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p., NBC Nov. 15: at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p, Fox Dec. 6: vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 30: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 8:15 p, ESPN Dec. 6: vs. Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: at Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: at Seattle Seahawks, 4 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: at Buffalo Bills, 8:20 p.m., NBC Dec. 7: vs. Buffalo Bills, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Dec 19 or 20: at Los Angeles Rams, TBD Dec. 13: vs. New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p, Fox Dec. 21: at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p., ESPN Dec. 13: vs. Washington Redskins, 4:25 p, Fox Dec. 26 or 27: vs. Cleveland Browns, TBD Dec. 20: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., Fox Dec. 27: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 20: at Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m., NBC Jan. 3: at New England Patriots, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 27: at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 26 or 27: at Arizona Cardinals, TBD Jan. 3: vs. Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., Fox

Seattle Seahawks (all times ET) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (all times ET) Tennessee Titans (all times ET) Washington Redskins (all times ET) Sep. 13: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Sep. 13: at New Orleans Saints, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sep. 14: at Denver Broncos, 10:10 p.m., ESPN Sep. 13: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox Sep. 20: vs. New England Patriots, 8:20, NBC Sep. 20: vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Sep. 20: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Sep. 20: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., Fox Sep. 27: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sep. 27: at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m., Fox Sep. 27: at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., CBS Sep. 27: at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 4: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 4: vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: Minnesota Vikings, 8:20 p.m., NBC Oct. 8: at Chicago Bears, 8:20 p.m., Fox/NFL Oct. 11: vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 11: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m., Fox Network/Amazon Oct. 18: vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 18: at New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p, Fox Oct. 18: vs. Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 1: at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Oct. 25: vs. Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25: at Las Vegas Raiders, 8:20 p.m., NBC Nov. 8: vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 8: vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 15: at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., Fox Nov. 2: at New York Giants, 8:15 p.m., ESPN Nov. 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 15: at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 19: vs. Arizona Cardinals, 8:20 p.m., Nov. 8: vs. New Orleans Saints, 8:20 p, NBC Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 22: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 1 p.m., CBS Fox/NFL Network/Amazon Nov. 15: at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m., CBS Nov. 26: at Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m., Fox Nov. 30: at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15p, ESPN Nov. 23: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p, ESPN Nov. 29: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 6: vs. New York Giants, 4:05 p.m., Fox Nov. 29: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p, CBS Dec. 6: vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: vs. New York Jets, 4:05 p.m., CBS Dec. 13: vs. Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 13: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 20: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 20: at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 20: at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Dec. 19 or 20: vs. Detroit Lions, TBD Dec. 27: vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., CBS Dec. 27: vs. Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m, CBS Dec. 26 or 27: at Detroit Lions, TBD Dec. 27: at Green Bay Packers, 8:20 p., NBC Jan. 3: at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3: at Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS

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18 July 17, 2020 - July 23, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 47 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com FOOD REVIEW By RICHARD POLLAK Sushi Marquee scores big at The Star

By Richard Pollak The Traveling Gourmet [email protected] Chicken Fried Rice is a meal The Sleek, sexy, sensational Sushi Wagyu Sirloin on a 500 degree stone A grand Sushi tribute to The Star Iis its namesake Sushi Star Mega Platter Marquee scores big in Cowboys country in the appetizer section of the menu usually with exceptional cuisine. Neighboring the found in main courses. rienced. new Dallas Cowboys training facility at the than to hang loose downing Sake Shots and Sushi Marquee’s Fried Rice is a meal in With seating for 162 eagerly anticipating Frisco Star, Sushi Marquee tempts you to mellowing to music with sensational Sushi. itself. It comes with choice of Chicken, great Sushi inside the 2nd story and room "explore our food." The massive Asian I quickly recognized the Sushi crew as Beef, Shrimp and plenty of Zucchini, red for another 162 in their exclusive outside hangout is the number one happy hour des- many had been pressing Rice and slicing patio. We only filled a small portion of the tination at The Star gazing upon their new raw fish at the Uchi in Uptown. practice facility inside The Ford Center. We began the start Asian adventure at As far as desserts go, I could have gone Sushi Marquee with a Pan Pacific interpre- with the traditional Cheesecake with assorted sauces or a unique Nutella Banana Spring Roll (which I have lavished on in the past) or the fried Oreos. However, I was presented with this magnificent ball of

Japanese Sea Scallops in a Blood Orange Ginger Sauce

bell Peppers, Onions and Carrots crowned with fried Egg. As we slowly moved over to the Philly style Wagyu Beef Egg Rolls with Phily Cream Cheese, onions and peppers Entrees, we were already full of sensational starters. With Features such as Short Ribs, a 12 oz Ribeye and the traditional Teriyaki tation of my own hometown favorite Philly with a choice of Chicken, Shrimp, Salmon Cheesesteak in a lightly deep fried Wonton The Virgin Lychee Marquee Martini Egg Roll nuzzled with Philly brand Cream The Mochi Ball is a must try Cheese. The unique starters from Dynamite dining area with the scent of grilled Beef. Rock Shrimp to Tataki are overshadowed dessert called the The Mochi Ball The Grilled Lobster, Lamb T-Bone and a by the photogenic bombastic Tuna Tower Sundae...not your typical Banana Split. It Pork Tomahawk are all massive Entrees at and Avocado Bomb. was stabbed with deep Fried battered Sushi Marquee. My mouth was flooding when I gazed Bananas and covered with standard sundae One of the marquee cocktails created by topping. This is a Japanese crazy dessert my good friend Noah Partridge (who is and indescribable. running the liquid libations) is the Virgin With the kitchen serving until 1:30 am. Lychee Marquee Martini. After working at The Rockin Sockin Sushi Bar is crowded The raw Wagyu Steak presentation for self preperation our amazing little “Cheers spot”, Pane Vino with two MEGA LCD VIDEO WALLS Restaurante, he has landed in a hot spot blastering today's vibes with the POST: commendable to his sommelier expertise. KEEP CALM AND SAKE BOMB. What NY Strip or Tofu our palates were mesmer- Creating a magnificent Lychee “Marquee” more fitting a creed than to hang loose ized. Martini normally with Aylesbury Duck downing Sake Shots and mellowing to The meat from Wagyu cattle is known Vodka, Lychee syrup, Pineapple syrup, Egg music with sensational Sushi. worldwide for its marbling characteristics white and Sesame Oil. and naturally enhanced, flavor, tenderness, The Booze Bar boasts exciting concoc- and juiciness. At Sushi Marquee all it takes tions. Former local Childhood actor Brad Rack of three Asian Lamb Chops exceed expectations is one raw WAGYU platter with its sizzling Hawkins left Hollywood to return to his 500 degree stone and the entire restaurant native far north Dallas home to be a restau- is ordering it. As a master Teriyaki Turkey at a rack of Asian Lamb Lollipops in a rateur. Chef, I gracefully let the butter sizzle gold- The Rockin Sockin Sushi Bar is crowd- Cilantro Lime sauce. The trio is a dinner en brown before placing the slender slices size entree portion destined to share as a ed with two mega LCD video walls blaster- of raw Beef on the sizzle. The silky smooth ing today's vibes with the post “Keep calm first course. Calamari Steak, Pork Gyoza taste was unlike anything I have ever expe- and Yellow Tail Heaven all find themselves and Sake bomb”. What more fitting a creed

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